Municipality · NIS 42008 · closed 24/04/2026
Hamme
1 278provisional
-2,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 308)
2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more
49,72 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 25 706 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Hamme_fr.pdf · 126 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Lotte Peeters
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / Vooruit / Anders.Hamme
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 25 763
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,4 %1 911 out of 25 763
2010 : 2,7 % · 2026 : 7,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 634 2,7 % 2011 737 3,0 % 2012 808 3,3 % 2013 827 3,4 % 2014 922 3,7 % 2015 971 3,9 % 2016 997 4,0 % 2017 1 048 4,2 % 2018 1 118 4,5 % 2019 1 245 5,0 % 2020 1 379 5,5 % 2021 1 453 5,8 % 2022 1 610 6,4 % 2023 1 732 6,8 % 2024 1 808 7,1 % 2025 1 902 7,4 % 2026 1 911 7,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(177)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,4 %(881)
- Non-EU273,3 %(853)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin80,5 %(20 737)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,1 %(3 115)
- Non-Belgians7,4 %(1 911)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,3 %(4 970)
- 18-64 years59,7 %(15 368)
- 65 and over21,1 %(5 425)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
40,5 km² · 634 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 312 €total net taxable income, 15 303 returns
Statbel, income 2023
Definitions
- « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
- Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
- Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
- Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
- These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.
Elections
- Valid votes: 13,164
- Registered: 19,560 · turnout 68.0 %
- Blank and void: 139 (1.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 4,016 | 30.5 % | 10 |
| cd&v Hamme-Moerzeke | 3,918 | 29.8 % | 9 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,894 | 14.4 % | 4 |
| Vooruit | 1,879 | 14.3 % | 4 |
| GROEN | 740 | 5.6 % | 1 |
| Lokaal Liberaal | 717 | 5.4 % | 1 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 278 | -2,3 % | 1 577 | |
| 198 | -25,3 % | 531 | |
| 159 | +0,6 % | 130 | |
| 115 | +0,9 % | - | |
| 114 | +6,5 % | 63 | |
| 98 | -14,8 % | 177 | |
| 97 | +51,6 % | 126 | |
| 85 | -7,6 % | 3 | |
| 83 | +25,8 % | 59 | |
| 76 | +16,9 % | 70 | |
| 67 | +24,1 % | - | |
| 38 | +192,3 % | 51 | |
| 38 | +35,7 % | 94 | |
| 34 | -43,3 % | 38 | |
| 25 | -7,4 % | 14 | |
| 21 | -36,4 % | 25 | |
| 18 | -35,7 % | 20 | |
| 18 | +28,6 % | 22 | |
| 17 | 0,0 % | 20 | |
| 11 | +57,1 % | 8 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | 11 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 5 | |
| 4 | +300,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | - | 7 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 13 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
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Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).
2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.